Day 3! We set out early to get to Kasese. Actually this morning I woke up at 4am bright eyed and hungry. So I guess I still have some jet lag left since we didn't need to leave until 8am. With all the energy, we also squeezed in a morning stroll down the street.
Today we traveled to Kasese. The trip is about 400km and should take us about six hours but it took us about nine hours. The drive through Kampala was vibrant, people were everywhere carrying all sorts of things, motorbikes were driving in every which direction and the city was in an organized mess. It's roughness and honesty in the hustle and bustle was really charming, all six of us had our cameras pulled out and pointing everywhere.
We did a large amount of sightseeing by car. Many fronts of homes were painted by companies for advertisements, people would carry anything by bike or bicycle and everyone also walked on the road and there are no traffic lights.
We made a pit stop and ate some street food. We bought chapati, which is a kind of bready crepe, and bought a "Rolex" which is a rolled chapati with egg and tomatoes scrambled in it.
A few more miles later, our rear tire popped. It was a loud bang and then the sound of clunking and us lopsided rolling on the road. We were well into the countryside by then, so there weren't any people or homes nearby. We unloaded the bags from the trunk and our driver changed the tires. It was pretty amusing, and a good leg stretch. Our driver also blasted some Congo music from the window to entertain everyone as he changed the tire.
photo credit: A. Theobald
Pineapples on bike. photo credit: A. Theobald
Wood planks on bike. photo credit: A. Theobald
Probably maize flour on bike. photo credit: A. Theobald
sticks and today's lunchbox on a bike
Ugandan style furniture. photo credit: A. Theobald
Head shaped hole in glass window and a pinehapple hat!. photo credit: A. Theobald
photo credit: A. Theobald
tune up
mini market
matooke!
scaffolding
Photo credit: A. Wongkee
Photo credit: A. Wongkee
The drive through the countryside is really nice, you get to see how lush Uganda is and the air is fresh. We made another stop on the side of the road at the site of a maize mill. It was really cool to see it in person. The people who own the husker were drying out maize kernels on the ground. There was so much of it that it covered the floor and people just stepped on it like it was earth. We didn't get to see the machine in action but we did analyse it to understand how it worked and its use of simple technology. They also explained to us what would normally happen next. So, like I had researched before, they take the corn, husk it in the machine, these dry up and then are winnowed. Then they go into a 100kg sack and are packed and then taken to the market to be sold. The sale of husked corn is 400 000 UGS and is made to someone who will want to turn it into flour, and the sale of ground maize flour is from the electric mill.
We also saw baboons!
Photo credit: A. Wongkee
Photo credit: A. Wongkee
patterns. on trend. photo credit: A. Theobald
extra bananas for the ride.
Ugandan bicycles. EVERYONE's got one of these.
I think the chapati man is also a shoemaker
Photo credit: R. Hadley
This grain is like gold. And it's all over the floor as if it's the yellow brick road. NBD
photo credit: R. Hadley
A real husker
And then we have a flat.
Photo credit: A. Theobald
Photo credit: A. Wongkee
While we're here, we may as just well take some pictures! Photo credit: R. Hadley
back on the road
Everybody paints their houses ridiculous colours because they get money for the advertising.
Ombre!
Everybody walks. and there are no sidewalks.
We've arrived! This lady sits in the front of the complex we stay in.
My bed, and semi effective the mosquito net (unless the mosquito is on the INSIDE of the net.)
Pink lit wifi hut, second home.
These guys are too tall for the front desk.
Our first meeting on our first night. Gettin the ball rolling
Uganda, 2013
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